Preparing Your Workstation

A small set of tools is essential to develop with NuGet. Whether you are a VB.NET or C# developer, whether you develop in Windows Forms, Web Forms, Silverlight, ASP.NET MVC (Model-View-Controller) or for a Windows Phone, you will need Visual Studio 2010 or one of the Visual Studio 2010 Express editions.

NuGet is supported in the following development environments:

  • Visual Studio 2010 Express
  • Visual Web Developer 2010
  • Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1
  • Visual Studio 2010 Professional
  • Visual Studio 2010 Premium
  • Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate
  • SharpDevelop

If you do not have access to the Professional, Premium, or Ultimate editions, you can find some free Visual Studio Express versions at www.microsoft.com/express.

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